Some workers aged 45 plus are considering Botox to make them look younger and aid progress at work, according to pollingSome workers in their late 40s and older are considering “drastic steps” such as getting Botox to look younger to get a job or promotion, according to a charity. The Centre for Ageing Better described results from polling they commissioned into people’s experiences of and attitudes to workplace ageism as “dispiriting”. Their small sample of just over 500 workers aged 45 and older found 15% said they would consider getting plastic surgery to look younger if it helped them to get a job or a promotion. Some 16% of those polled who were aged 45 and above said they had been on the receiving end of inappropriate comments about their age from fellow employees, including colleagues and managers. “The persistent and unfounded stereotypes around older workers are consigning too many people to the employment scrapheap with a third of their working lives still to go.”:: Survation polled 567 people aged 45 and older online between September 15 and 17.